The new species, named Microeledone galapagensis, has a blue hue, which is believed to be the rarest color in nature.

Scientists have identified a golf-ball-sized blue octopus from deep waters near the Galápagos as a new species. The discovery ...

Deep below the waters off the Galápagos Islands resides a tiny blue octopus that fits in the palm of a hand. But scientists ...

Researchers just put a name to a glowing blue octopus hiding nearly a mile beneath the Galápagos and kept it completely ...

It’s a deep blue creature in the deep blue sea. Scientists were delighted after discovering a new species of tiny, blue octopus nearly 6,000 feet down off the Galapagos Islands, per a study published ...

A mysterious little blue octopus discovered nearly 6,000 feet beneath the waters of the Galápagos Islands has officially been identified as a brand-new species. About the size of a golf ball, the tiny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A yellow octopus with blue rings on its body sitting on the seafloor An Australian teenager had a lucky escape after being bitten ...

Five thousand eight hundred feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, a tiny blue octopus suddenly drifted across a remotely operated vehicle’s (ROV) camera near an underwater mountain in the ...

As an octopus biologist, I get a call from the media every summer because someone has had an encounter with a blue-ringed octopus. Thankfully, everyone has been OK. Blue-ringed octopus are famed for ...